Tire fabric.



TIRE FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15,19'10.

Panam Nov. 5, 193;.

t mx H. Y. RAYMND. TIRE FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1910.

Pa'ented Naw. 5,

NETE@ lil lillEd @Fili 1ER HARRY K. RAYMOND, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR. EY MSNE ASSIGNMENTS, TG THE B. F. GOOBRICH CDMPANY, Il CGRPORATIGN OF NE'SV YORK.

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.To all whom i may concern:

Be it .known that l, HARRY K. RAYMOND, e citizen of'the United States, residing at Altron, in the county of Summit and State of `Chio, hare-invented certain new and use- Jful. .improvements in Tire Fabrics, of which the following is o. specification.

ln the manufacture of tires it is desirable to stretch the fabric entering into the .the tire, and as it must be curvedaround the 'form and down its sloping sides, considerable shaping of the fabric is necessary in properly placing it on the form and iii-causing the threads of the fabric to assume their proper position. l'n order to secure the best results, this shaping should be uniform v throughout all of the length of the fabric which is laced on the form in building up the tire; ut one of the diliiculties in securing this result .is found in the feet that the strip of fabric is not a uniform, continuous one but is made up by joining together a number of comparatively short strips out on the bias from a longer strip of fabric. The oints have been madeby merely overlapping the ends of two of the fabric strips, but this results in making o. stili1 double layer of fabric and in preventing the fabric and the threads at the joint from'being free to take the seme posit-ion on the form as do the fabric and threads at the portions 'intermediatethe joints, and a raised and weak spot on the tire is thus formed.

My invention consists in providing a. ilexible joint between the various fabric strips,

specially capable of being shaped in substantial uniformity with the rest of the fabric.

I here show and describe various specilic forms of such flexible joint as illustrations of some embodiments of my invention, but l do not limit myself to suoli forms, as equivalent constructions may be employed within the scope of my invention.

ln, the annexed drawings: Figure l is a plan View of portions of two sections of strips illustrating one embodiment of my in- Specifcation or" Letters Patent.

application led July 15,

Torrent ed Nou. 5, 19T? 191@ Serial NO. 572.2l3.

vention; Figs. 2 and 3 are plan Views, illustrating two other methods of accomplishing the end in view; Fig. -l :i similar View illustrating Au .still further method of producing the joint; Fig. 5 an inverted View of the fabric disclosed in Fig. 4; and Fig. G an enlarged detail of the securing band or member employed in the construction just mentioned.

Having reference to the. construction shown in Fig. l, S, denote two of the seetions which are to be united in forming the strip, the sections usually being cut on the bias Afrom a piece of woven cloth of any suitable texture, and, es is common, subjected to a (routing of rubber, either before or after severance. The edges of the sectionst-hat are to be joined are then Slitted or cut, as at i), at short intervals, forming a series of tongues 9a, and such edges are overlapped, the slits oi' one edge prei'erablr alternatingr with those of the adjacent overlapping edge,Y us is clearly shown in Fig. l. The warp and weitlthreads ot' the sections and, in fact, of the entire strip ore on the bias, and by reason of the slits E) it is found in actual practice tl' at the joint is a flexible one, and the strip et Ithe joint has substantially the same facility i'or being bellied, tistcnded and shapedos have the other portions oi' the Afabric, the various threads assuming their proper position upon the mandrel as the strip is laid up over or about the same, so that there results a uniform stretching and laying' of the fabric and positioning of the strips throughout all of the fabric of the tire. and in spite of the presence o'l' numerous joints. ln other words it may be soifl that the fabric at the joint is yielding in all directions.

ln Fig. Q each section l0 is shown as provided along each ot its longer or diagonal. edges with a series of Longues ll, the tongues being separated by a distance equal to the width of a tongue and extending outwardly nt right angles to the edges upon which they are formed. The tongues upon the opposite edges of the sections are arranged in alterne.` tiene; have. a staggered relzition, so that when the sections are assembled the tongues of one sectionwill pass those of che adjacent section, the tongues overlying and edhering to the body of the adjacent sectionl by reason of the rubber coating. .Such connection will produce or allow of the requisite lli) flexibility throughout the joint, While at the gitudinally or' the strip, so as not to part under the tension employed in layingv the strip on the form, or when subjected to strains when the tire is in use.

A similar construction is disclosed in Fig. 3, the difference being that tlretongues, designated by l2, extend in line with the longitudinal axis of the strip.

In Figs. el and 5 the edges of the sections 13 abut and are secured together by a ilexible band or m'ember 14, laid on one face ofv the sections and in line with and over the abuttingr edges thereof, saidv band heilig cemented in place. The band is preferably formed from a piece of fabric composed of a series of relatively soft threads 15, connected together by Widely-separated small wrap threads 16, an enlarged section of such band being illustrated in Fig. (i. The securing band thus formed permits the rubber to readily permeate the same, and also insures a flexible and extensible joint between the adjacent bias members of the strip.

It will be seen that under all' the various forms the threads of the sections or the .strip as a Whole maintain their bias relation or posit-ion and that the fabric and its threads at the joints between the variousy sections are llexible and capable ci, readily being shaped and laid on the form '-n that as the strip is placed upon and mais to conform to the mandrel, the threads take their proper set at the joint portions as well as in the'other portions of the str ips. liurthermore, the flexibility of the jointsl is such that no straight or abrupt ridge `is produced in the tire7 is likely to resul t trom a joint Which is so inflexible as not to take vthe same set as the rest of the fabric.

Having thus fleatyibefl ny inventiomwhat 1 claim is:

edges et' the various sections jbeing flexibly connected to each other by a joint Which is yielding in all directions, whereby v{zhe fabric 5U and its threads at the joints may ie shaped and set uniformly with the fabric and threads at other portions.

2. As a new article of marini stri of material composed ot :1 3 sections o'f woven,rubber-treated No: bly secured together at thi r of juncture between the ,t across the strip diagonally in iin i; V nal axis thereof, the strip at its jauni. L yielding in all directionsY As a new article of mannheim. strip of woven, rubbentreated 1.. i posed of a plurality of bias sf jacent edges of the various z flexibly connected to each other by n i which is yielding in all direction "be between the sections extending di the longitudinal axis of the stri 4. As a new article of 11n ataca. j n, i0 strip of woven fabric compos( i ity of bias sections, the transve ing edges of each of said section vided with a series of lxingucs 1'; and secured to the adjacent sexi in As a new article of maiz@` ,t il strip of woven fabric compost i rality of bias sections, the tra tending edges of each section beir l, with a series of slits extending the adjacent edges of the vario being overlapped and secured to ich o n (3. As a new article of manufact/Ine, 4a strip of woven fabric composed of a plum rality of bias sections, the adjacent edges of the Various sections extending diagonally to the longitudinal axis of the strip, said ed s being provided with a series of slits.` the its of one edge alternating with those in the :nl jacent overlapping edge of the adjacent section.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence olf' two subscribing Witnesses.

HARRY K. itil mit lil) llvitnesses G-Eoncn A. Scannen, lflnnualrr ill.. Gnorsmtr.

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